It was in 1890 that Alexis Van Der Bauwede, a native of Bruges, known as the Venice of the North, began working in the field of horology by assembling and regulating the complex movements of clocks and their chimes intended for cathedrals, belfries and town halls. While handling these mechanisms weighing up to 27 tons and governing 47 bells, he became fascinated by precision, rigorous and quality. He thus naturally turned his talents towards the miniaturisation of these timepieces.In addition to the values of meticulousness and precision, Pierre Van Der Bauwede passed on to his son Maxence his... View
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It was in 1890 that Alexis Van Der Bauwede, a native of Bruges, known as the Venice of the North, began working in the field of horology by assembling and regulating the complex movements of clocks and their chimes intended for cathedrals, belfries and town halls. While handling these mechanisms weighing up to 27 tons and governing 47 bells, he became fascinated by precision, rigorous and quality. He thus naturally turned his talents towards the miniaturisation of these timepieces.In addition to the values of meticulousness and precision, Pierre Van Der Bauwede passed on to his son Maxence his passion for precious stones, for jewellery and for watchmaking. It is in these three complementary fields of know-how that Maxence Van Der Bauwede is perpetuating the tradition he has inherited…His work with the major Swiss watch brands led Maxence Van Der Bauwede to move to Geneva in 1980. Ten years later, based on a modernised expression of the tonneau shapes that were popular in the 1920s, the famous “Legend” and “Magnum” watches emerged, and have since been interpreted in various models equipped with different horological complications.